Publications & Writing

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Practitioners’ Perspectives on Preparing for and Delivering Remote Psychosocial Support in Nepal, Peru and the United States During COVID-19
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Depression During the Postpartum Period and Impacts on Parent-Child Relationships: A Narrative Review
The Journal of Genetic Psychology

Reframing Early Interventions for Refugee Populations: The Importance of Emergency Medicine in Early Detection and Delivery of Mental Healthcare
The Émigré Analysts and American Psychoanalysis: History and Contemporary Relevance

Identifying Core Competencies for Remote Delivery of Psychological Interventions: A Rapid Review
Psychiatric Services

Can Digital Technology Support Mental Health with Equity? A New Approach to Task-Sharing in NYC in the Pandemic Era
The India China Institute

Building Mental Health Support and Psychosocial Capacity During a Pandemic: The Process of Adapting Problem Management Plus for Remote Training and Implementation During COVID-19 in New York City, Europe and East Africa
Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas

Becoming Trauma: Conceptualizing the Registration of Trauma through Biological, Cognitive, and Cultural Frameworks
Social Research

Emotions: Who Needs 'Em?
Houston Fire Department

Disaster Mental Health: Meeting the Unique Needs of First Responders
EMS1

Resources

EDUCATION
P.hD. in Clinical Psychology, May 2024
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

M.A. in Psychology, May 2020
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling, August 2018
University of Houston, Houston, TX

M.A. in Honors English, January 2011
University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, UK

SPECIALIZED TRAINING
Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR)
Practice of Dr. Christie Jackson, New York, NY

Remote Problem Management Plus Training
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies PS Center, Denmark

The Treatment of Trauma in Internal Family Systems Therapy
New York Open Center, New York, NY

STRONG STAR Network Provider - Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD
University of North Texas, Dallas, TX 

STRONG STAR Training Initiative - Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for PTSD
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

ICISF Crisis Response Training - Advanced Group Crisis Intervention
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, San Antonio, TX

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Certificate Course
PESI, Houston, TX

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Problem Management Plus (PM+) Trainer and Supervisor
RECOUP-NY
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Lab Manager
Trauma & Global Mental Health Lab
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Co-investigator and Program Coordinator
Problem Management Plus (PM+) Research Program
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Research Fellow in Mental Health
Zolberg Institute - IRC Fellowship
Airbel Center, International Rescue Committee, New York, NY

Graduate Research Assistant
Trauma & Affective Psychophysiology Lab
The New School for Social Research, New York, NY

Research Coordinator
HFD – TaSSC Collaboration
Houston Fire Department, Houston, TX
The University of Houston Trauma and Stress Studies Center (TaSSC), Houston, TX

Graduate Research Assistant
Masculinity and Gender Issues in Culture Lab
University of Houston, Houston, TX

Graduate Research Assistantship
Parent-Child Interaction Lab
University of Houston, Houston, TX

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Adaptation of scalable mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions via task-sharing, peer-to-peer and community models

• Training and supervision of non-specialist providers in Problem Management Plus (PM+)

• PTSD phenomenology and the interaction between individual, event and environmental risk and protective factors for traumatic stress

• Role of emotion suppression and restricted expression in the development and maintenance of psychopathology